When placing an image field in Views it's impossible to configure them as an absolute link.

Normal ways aren't possible...

  • The included "Link image to" lacks an absolute option.
  • Adding an excluded [path] field for use in "rewrite results" with "Use absolute path" does not go absolute. It does in the preview, but not real display (cache cleared).

Here's the crazy kicker...

  • Adding a "Custom text" field with a [path] set to absolute, then placing an anchor tag around an image turns the link back to non-absolute. I can even output the full [path] as text URL, but the moment it wraps an image it's force back to relative.

Don't know where else put this wack-a-doodle error regarding image fields + Views.

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#1 Screen shot 2012-07-13 at 6.21.04 PM.png16.25 KBdoublejosh
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Here are two screen shots of this crazy business.

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Project: Drupal core » Views (for Drupal 7)
Version: 7.14 » 7.x-3.x-dev
Component: image system » Code
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Wow!

I'm just guessing, maybe the browser does some improving of the actual output. This would probably require some research.

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This may belong in Image rather than Views... but [path] being unreliable made me believe Views.